Jane Gardiner
@janegardiner.bsky.social
Retired primary teacher/SENCo, Ecology graduate and Science educator: loves reading, art, travelling and a wildlife nutter
July went by in a flash! We enjoyed a manic 24 hrs in London, ABBA Voyage was amazing, then trolled around Westminster just because we could!
August 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
July went by in a flash! We enjoyed a manic 24 hrs in London, ABBA Voyage was amazing, then trolled around Westminster just because we could!
Female Holly Blue in the back garden last year.
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Female Holly Blue in the back garden last year.
A local walk today (bit windy so no bike ride) resulted in seeing a swathe of wildflowers along a very busy relief road - kidney vetch, ox eye daisies and stunning pyramidal orchids were everywhere! A real feast for the eyes #wildflowerhour
June 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A local walk today (bit windy so no bike ride) resulted in seeing a swathe of wildflowers along a very busy relief road - kidney vetch, ox eye daisies and stunning pyramidal orchids were everywhere! A real feast for the eyes #wildflowerhour
Birds foot trefoil spotted growing rampant by the cycle path near the beach today. Great ride!
June 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Birds foot trefoil spotted growing rampant by the cycle path near the beach today. Great ride!
Stunning 10 mile bike ride today, taking in the gorgeous countryside and oodles of cow parsley with plenty of bird song.
May 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stunning 10 mile bike ride today, taking in the gorgeous countryside and oodles of cow parsley with plenty of bird song.
Village walk today, flag irises, green alkanet, comfrey everywhere along the hedgerows #wildflowers
May 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Village walk today, flag irises, green alkanet, comfrey everywhere along the hedgerows #wildflowers
Excellent cycle ride, loads of hawthorn and elder #wildflowerhour
May 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Excellent cycle ride, loads of hawthorn and elder #wildflowerhour
Beautiful walk through Thorncombe Woods today, close to the cottage where Thomas Hardy was born.
May 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Beautiful walk through Thorncombe Woods today, close to the cottage where Thomas Hardy was born.
Heard something unusual just now in the garden - a song thrush! What a beautiful call. I’m obsessed with the Merlin ID app!
May 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Heard something unusual just now in the garden - a song thrush! What a beautiful call. I’m obsessed with the Merlin ID app!
A hot but productive afternoon in the garden. My thrift looks amazing right now!
May 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A hot but productive afternoon in the garden. My thrift looks amazing right now!
My mother’s alliums have come up a treat!
May 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My mother’s alliums have come up a treat!
Just downloaded the Merlin ID app I’ve seen recommended by others interested in identifying local birdsong. It works pretty well actually, and it’s free! Here are my results from my back garden:
April 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Just downloaded the Merlin ID app I’ve seen recommended by others interested in identifying local birdsong. It works pretty well actually, and it’s free! Here are my results from my back garden:
Not #wildflowerhour but I had to share these sublime tulips at Hampton Court Palace from today.
April 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Not #wildflowerhour but I had to share these sublime tulips at Hampton Court Palace from today.
Fantastic bike ride today around a couple of local villages, signs of Spring everywhere - native bluebells peeking out of the hedgebanks, lesser celandines, and blackthorn blossom everywhere. Not good for hayfever sufferers though….!
April 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Fantastic bike ride today around a couple of local villages, signs of Spring everywhere - native bluebells peeking out of the hedgebanks, lesser celandines, and blackthorn blossom everywhere. Not good for hayfever sufferers though….!
Bracing chilly walk around Portland Bill today, where I lived as a child and still regularly visit. #portlandbill
April 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Bracing chilly walk around Portland Bill today, where I lived as a child and still regularly visit. #portlandbill
Excellent bike ride up to the Ridgeway to see the spot where 55 Viking skeletons were discovered in a pit; their heads were in a separate pit 🫢.
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Excellent bike ride up to the Ridgeway to see the spot where 55 Viking skeletons were discovered in a pit; their heads were in a separate pit 🫢.
When MPs did good works for their constituents and helped abolish slavery it’s right they are remembered #thomasbuxton #weymouth
March 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When MPs did good works for their constituents and helped abolish slavery it’s right they are remembered #thomasbuxton #weymouth
Springtime walk at Kingston Lacey today. Just glorious!
March 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Springtime walk at Kingston Lacey today. Just glorious!
Beach day. Nice to have the town to ourselves before the weather warms up and the visitors return!
March 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Beach day. Nice to have the town to ourselves before the weather warms up and the visitors return!
Spring timeline cleanse
March 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Spring timeline cleanse
Boring but essential jobs in the garden today - assembling the plastic greenhouse ready for seed sowing! Oh and assembling the shiny new wheelbarrow ready for moving a ton of top soil tomorrow!
March 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Boring but essential jobs in the garden today - assembling the plastic greenhouse ready for seed sowing! Oh and assembling the shiny new wheelbarrow ready for moving a ton of top soil tomorrow!
I got away from the doom scrolling today, out on my first proper bike ride of the year, 6 miles (yay me!). Getting outside really is the best tonic, try to do it if you can, even if the temperature is only 8 degrees C…!
March 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I got away from the doom scrolling today, out on my first proper bike ride of the year, 6 miles (yay me!). Getting outside really is the best tonic, try to do it if you can, even if the temperature is only 8 degrees C…!
Forgot to say, in my excitement about the single sunny day we’ve had today, I cut back my monster hydrangea. Now the blackbirds will be happy rootling around in the soil.
February 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Forgot to say, in my excitement about the single sunny day we’ve had today, I cut back my monster hydrangea. Now the blackbirds will be happy rootling around in the soil.
This black swan is becoming famous in our coastal town.
February 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This black swan is becoming famous in our coastal town.